Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Multi-stimuli-responsive programmable biomimetic actuator

  • Yue Dong,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Xukui Guo,
  • Shanshan Yang,
  • Mehmet Ozgun Ozen,
  • Peng Chen,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Wei Du,
  • Fei Xiao,
  • Utkan Demirci,
  • Bi-Feng Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12044-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Untethered small actuators have various applications but existing small-scale actuators are limited in their response to different stimuli. Here, we present a multiresponsive patternable actuator that can respond to humidity, temperature and light, via programmable structural changes.